SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – No. 17 Saint Mary’s and No. 23 Gonzaga earned the top two seeds in the 2024 Credit Union 1 WCC Basketball Championship as the Conference announced the full men's bracket on Sunday.
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Saint Mary's (24-7, 15-1) will enter the championship event as the No. 1 seed for the second straight year after having won the WCC regular season title outright. Gonzaga (24-6, 14-2) will be the No. 2 seed after ending the regular season on an eight-game winning streak.
San Francisco (22-9, 11-6) heads to Las Vegas as the No. 3 seed with crosstown rival Santa Clara (19-12, 10-6) next as the No. 4 seed. After being picked to finish in ninth place in the WCC Preseason Coaches poll, San Diego (17-14, 7-9) has earned the No. 5 seed. The Toreros will play the winner of Thursday's matchup between No. 8 seed Pepperdine (12-19, 5-11) and No. 9 Pacific (6-25, 0-16) in the second round on Friday. The other second round contest on Friday will be between the No. 6 seed Portland (11-20, 5-11) and No. 7 seed LMU (12-18, 5-11).
Portland, LMU and Pepperdine each finished the regular season with a Conference record of 5-11. and tied for sixth in the standings. The seed order for those three teams was determined through the WCC's tiebreaker process. Portland recorded a victory over No. 4 seed Santa Clara, while LMU and Pepperdine finished 0-2 against the Broncos, resulting in the Pilots securing the No. 6 seed. The final WCC tiebreaker rule, the NCAA NET rankings, was used to determine LMU’s and Pepperdine’s seeds, with LMU earning the No. 7 seed with a higher NET ranking than Pepperdine.
Santa Clara will play the winner of San Diego and Pepperdine/Pacific, while San Francisco will battle the winner of Friday’s Portland-LMU contest in the quarterfinals on Saturday.
The first two rounds of the men’s tournament and the first four rounds of the women’s tournament will be broadcast on ESPN+. ESPN will televise the quarterfinals and semifinals of the men’s tournament, and the championship games of both the men’s and women’s tournaments.
FINAL 2023-24 WCC REGULAR SEASON WCC MEN’S BASKETBALL STANDINGS
| RANK |
TEAM |
Conf. WP |
Conf. W-L |
| 1 |
Saint Mary's |
.938 |
15-1 |
| 2 |
Gonzaga |
.875 |
14-2 |
| 3 |
San Francisco |
.688 |
11-5 |
| 4 |
Santa Clara |
.625 |
10-6 |
| 5 |
San Diego |
.438 |
7-9 |
| 6 |
LMU |
.312 |
5-11 |
| 7 |
Pepperdine |
.312 |
5-11 |
| 8 |
Portland |
.312 |
5-11 |
| 9 |
Pacific |
.000 |
0-16 |
2023-24 CREDIT UNION 1 WCC MEN’S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP
Thursday, March 7 – Men’s First Round
2:30 p.m. – Men’s Game 1: No. 8 seed Pepperdine vs. No. 9 seed Pacific (ESPN+)
Friday, March 8 – Men’s Second Round
6:00 p.m. – Men’s Game 2: No. 5 seed San Diego vs. Winner Game 1 (ESPN+)
8:30 p.m. Men’s Game 3: No. 6 seed Portland vs. No. 7 seed LMU (ESPN+)
Saturday, March 9 – Men’s Quarterfinals
7:00 p.m. – Men’s Game 4: No. 4 seed Santa Clara vs. Winner Game 2 (ESPN2)
9:30 p.m. – Men’s game 5: No. 3 seed San Francisco vs. Winner Game 3 (ESPN2)
Monday, March 11 –Men’s Semifinals
6:00 p.m. – Men’s Game 6: No. 1 seed Saint Mary's vs. Winner Game 4 (ESPN)
8:30 p.m. – Men’s Game 7: No. 2 seed Gonzaga vs. Winner Game 5 (ESPN2)
Tuesday, March 12 – Men’s Final
6:00 p.m. – Men's Game 8: Men’s Basketball Championship: Winner Game 6 vs. Winner Game 7 (ESPN)